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Opera Air is a new browser designed for mindfulness

There's a browser for that, too, it seems. Opera Air focuses on mindfulness and digital well-being, offering guided meditation and exercises to encourage regular breaks and enhance focus. Opera Air is available for Windows and Mac.

By Ivan Franco, February 4, 2025, 7:50 AM

The Web Software

Microsoft boasts of Edge's growth, but is it really at 30% market share?

Statcounter tells a different story

By Rob Thubron, January 31, 2025, 9:42 AM 26 comments

The Web Software

Brave Search lets you tweak site rankings with a personalized voting system

Upvote and downvote your way to better results

By Zo Ahmed, January 24, 2025, 8:17 AM 8 comments

Download of the Week Software

Vivaldi 7.1 improves dashboard, adds seamless tab imports

Vivaldi now allows users to import open tabs from other browsers, offers more style options for the dashboard, introduces a new Add Speed Dial dialog, and rolls out its Send Tab to Device feature.

By Erik Orejuela, January 23, 2025, 11:44 AM

Gaming Industry

Game devs are flocking to PC, leaving consoles behind, according to GDC survey

The rising popularity of Valve's Steam Deck is one reason

By Skye Jacobs, January 23, 2025, 10:07 AM

The Web Microsoft

Bing search results in Edge are obscuring Chrome links, promoting Microsoft's browser

Does anyone even use Bing?

By Rob Thubron, January 23, 2025, 8:31 AM 9 comments

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Microsoft Edge's 'Game Assist' lets you browse the web without leaving your game

The Game Assist feature in the Edge browser enables you to watch videos or browse the web while playing your favorite game. Initially a beta feature, Game Assist is now available to all in the stable release of Microsoft Edge.

By Ivan Franco, January 21, 2025, 8:50 PM

Software Microsoft

Microsoft's Phoenix project aims to modernize Edge with UI upgrades

Two experimental flags for now, maybe a complete UI overhaul later?

By Alfonso Maruccia, January 16, 2025, 7:24 AM 7 comments

Download of the Week Software

Chrome adds Google Lens search for anything on a webpage

Chrome 132 is a major release with refinements that include improved toolbar customization, password sharing to mobile, Google Lens for just about anything, more agile autofill and 16 significant security fixes.

By Erik Orejuela, January 15, 2025, 11:44 AM

Gaming Tech Culture

Tetris has been crammed into a tiny 60KB PDF, works in any browser

Falling tetriminos find new life in a PDF

By Zo Ahmed, January 13, 2025, 6:59 AM

Google The Web

Google fights back: proposes to limit default search agreements, wants to avoid selling Chrome

Google resists drastic breakup, offers changes in search and Android to address monopoly ruling

By Skye Jacobs, December 25, 2024, 6:26 AM 9 comments

AI Google

Google's new experimental AI agent can browse the web for you

Project Mariner can control your mouse, search for information, retrieve data, and drop items in your shopping cart

By Daniel Sims, December 12, 2024, 6:15 AM

Tech Culture AI

Microsoft predicts AI will make web browsers and search engines obsolete in years

Microsoft's AI chief on the future: Conversational agents over traditional browsing

By Daniel Sims, December 11, 2024, 12:07 AM 21 comments

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Mullvad collaborates with Tor on a new private browser

Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project have joined forces to introduce the Mullvad Browser, which promises not to collect user data and prioritize privacy. The browser defaults to private mode and blocks third-party trackers.

By Erik Orejuela, December 2, 2024, 12:38 PM

Software The Web

Browser Alliance is accusing Microsoft of limiting user choice with Edge browser

Google accusing Microsoft of limiting user choice, just like pigs are flying right now

By Alfonso Maruccia, November 28, 2024, 8:08 PM

The Web Google

OpenAI is considering launching its own browser to challenge Google

First search, now browsers

By Rob Thubron, November 22, 2024, 6:55 AM 12 comments

Download of the Week Software

Firefox 132 adds 4K video support and enhanced privacy features

Firefox now blocks third-party cookies when enhanced tracking is set to Strict mode. Firefox 132 also introduces 4K video playback for streaming services via Microsoft PlayReady, reducing battery drain and enhancing performance when watching movies.

By Ivan Franco, October 31, 2024, 7:37 AM

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Chrome browser gets new "Performance Detection" tool

Chrome's new Performance Detection identifies performance issues and suggests fixes, like deactivating resource-heavy tabs. You can manage alerts with "Fix now" or disable the feature in Settings.

By Ivan Franco, October 29, 2024, 11:19 PM

Software The Web

Opera says it will continue to support old Chrome extensions, including uBlock Origin

The alternative browser doesn't want to give up on Manifest V2 just yet

By Alfonso Maruccia, October 28, 2024, 2:34 PM

Google AI

Google is working on an AI agent that can move your mouse, take over your browser

People are bound to love this!

WTF?! There's still a lot of pushback against generative AI from most of the public. Not only are there concerns about the technology taking jobs and plagiarising, but many worry about control being taken out of humans' hands. Google and other companies' solution, it seems, is to create AI agents that can take over your PC, moving the mouse cursor, browsing the web, and entering text.

Full story By Rob Thubron, October 28, 2024, 5:19 AM 7 comments

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Vivaldi browser gets a complete overhaul

Vivaldi 7 debuts today with a redesigned UI featuring floating tabs, new icons, and themes, and a reimagined dashboard that organizes mail, calendar, feeds, tasks, and even notes.

By Erik Orejuela, October 24, 2024, 6:32 PM

What Ever Happened to Netscape?

FEATURE By Cal Jeffrey and Julio Franco, October 24, 2024, 12:37 AM TechSpot Tech Culture

It was a magical time, PC sales were just booming and if you were lucky, yours would come with a modem for dial-up Internet access. You would hear the scrambling sound of your phone line connecting you to the world. Launching Netscape and staring at the throbber animation while a single web page loaded.

Software Download of the Week

Opera One R2 expands browser AI, introduces dynamic themes

The Opera browser has received a new major release: One R2 improves AI image generation, dynamic themes include glass elements, and tab management has been improved with split screen.

By Erik Orejuela, October 23, 2024, 11:56 AM

Security The Web

Mozilla advises Firefox users to update if they want browser add-ons to keep working

Trying to avoid another "extension apocalypse" like the one that happened in 2019

By Alfonso Maruccia, October 21, 2024, 2:12 PM 13 comments

Download of the Week Security

Google Chrome 130 adds passkeys for passwordless login on desktop

Chrome now supports passkeys not only on Android but also on Windows, macOS, and Linux desktops. Additionally, you can set up a PIN for easy access to your passkeys on the go.

By Ivan Franco, October 16, 2024, 12:41 PM